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A Lump of Coal for Our Nation's Veterans From GE's John Krenicki

James Boyce | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Veterans Day, Swiftboating, Votevets, Jon Soltz, John Kerry, Paul Rieckhoff, Politics News

For reasons I don't understand, time and time again, we see Americans who believe not in honoring the service of those that wear the uniform but who use it to take advantage of it.

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On Don't Ask Don't Tell, Army's Ready, So What's the Hold-up?

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Here's an idea: Let's just keep our best troops, no matter what their background or orientation. Momentum is picking up in Congress behind that notion, but we still need the President to make his move.

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Why Musicians Are Right, Liz Cheney Is Wrong

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Billy Bragg, Pearl Jam, Trent Reznor, Keep-America-Safe, Liz Cheney, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, The Roots, Jackson Browne, Matthew Alexander, Votevets, Roseanne-Cash, R.E.M., Rise Against, Torture, Politics News

By lobbying to keep Guantanamo Bay open, Liz Cheney's group is helping keep alive one of the greatest recruiting posters that al Qaeda ever had.

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The Weakness of Liz Cheney

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Freedoms Watch, Keep-America-Safe, Liz Cheney, Terrorism, votevets.org, Guantanamo Supermax Prison, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Torture, Ari Fleischer, Waterboarding, Brad Blakeman, Votevets, Supermax, Torture, Dick Cheney, Politics News

In the end, Liz Cheney and Keep America Safe are just a re-run of what was already tried and failed in 2008. Namely, using the veil of fear to mask an un-informed, false, and weak position.

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Clean and Green: The New Voice of American Business

Christina Erickson | Posted 10.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Innovation, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, Clean Economy Network, Votevets, Green Jobs, We Can Lead, Green News

In an interesting twist, private sector proponents of the Senate energy bill are now facing a challenge in a traditional ally - the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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Arlen Specter and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad VA "Death Book" Circus

Richard Allen Smith | Posted 09.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Death Book, Votevets, Arlen Specter, Department of Veterans Affairs, votevets.org, Va, Joe Sestak, Vha, Politics News

What Arlen Specter's opportunistic party switch has taught us is you can take the Senator out of the Republican Party, but you can't take the predilection towards manufactured offense out of the Senator.

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Hey, Don't Save Me From Government Health Care!

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, US Military, Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs, Military, Health Care Reform, National Health Service, Votevets, Single Payer, Health Care, Obama Health Care, Tricare, Politics News

If government-run insurance and care is so evil and so horrible, then why do conservatives keep supporting leaving America's troops and veterans in that kind of system?

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Remembering an Amazing Marine, Candidate, and Man

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Hardball, Iraq Veterans, Afghanistan Veterans, Bill-Cahir, Afghanistan, Bill Cahir, Killed-in-Action, Hardball Video, Votevets, Chris Matthews, Veterans, Afghanistan War, Politics News

This week brought tragic news that among the painful and heartbreaking losses of those Killed in Action was Bill Cahir, a Marine Sergeant, killed in Afghanistan.

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We Need Sestak (and More Vets) in the Senate

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, US Military, Jon Soltz, Afghanistan, votevets.org, Joe Sestak Specter, Senator Arlen Specter, Veterans, Politics, Senate, Iraq Veterans, Afghanistan Veterans, Pennsylvania, Military, Votevets, Joe Sestak, Politics News

There are only three combat vets left. We need more because the values that war veterans learn, that they operate under, and that they carry with them after military life could help Capitol Hill.

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Biden Sends Right Message on Iraq

Jon Soltz | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Iraq Surge, Vice President, Troops, President Barack Obama, votevets.org, US Troops, Joe Biden, War in Iraq, Barack Obama, Iraq War, Politics, Surge, Iraq Insurgents, Iraq, Votevets, Nouri Al Maliki, World News

It's time to start putting pressure on the Iraqi government to settle their internal differences, and make clear that we're no longer going to be their crutch. This weekend, Biden did just that.

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Has There Really Been a Policy Change in Iraq?

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Surge, Kirkuk, Al-Qaeda, Violence in Iraq, Success of the Surge, votevets.org, President Obama, Votevets, Iraq, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News

There haven't been any results in Iraq, either because President Obama hasn't tried hard enough, or because his efforts have failed.

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Why Army Suicides Continued to Rise in May, and What We Can Do

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Stop-Loss, Depression, Army Suicides, votevets.org, Combat Stress, Chuck Hagel, Jim Webb, Army Suicides Increase, Iraq PTSD, Army, Military, Dwell Time Amendment, Breaking Politics News, Ptsd, Votevets, Army Suicide, Politics News

The root causes of combat stress leading to suicide are three-fold, mostly out of the hands of our generals, and therefore must be addressed by the Federal government.

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Petraeus Says U.S. Violated Geneva Conventions - What Will Cheney and Rush Say?

Jon Soltz | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, Politics, Bush Administration Torture, Rush Limbaugh, General David Petraeus, Breaking Politics News, General Petraeus, Votevets, Torture Memos, Torture, Dick Cheney, Politics News

I was stunned when Gen. Petraeus admitted today that the United States has violated the Geneva Conventions.

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Why Vets Are Backing Clean Energy

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.31.2009 | Politics

Read More: Energy, Energy Efficiency, American-Clean-Energy-and-Security-Act-of-2009, Edward Markey, Alternative Energy, National Security, Terrorism, votevets.org, Renewable Energy, Clean Energy, Henry Waxman, Green Energy, Votevets, Veterans, Al Qaeda, Politics News

Why would veterans get involved in a fight over renewable energy and efficiency? Well, for those of us who served, fighting terrorists and insurgents, this support is a no-brainer.

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Veterans Groups Go To Bat For EFCA

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Votevets, Veterans Council, Afl-Cio, Employee Free Choice Act, Efca, Card Check, Politics News

Adding a new dimension to the debate over the Employee Free Choice Act, a host of veterans groups is launching a new effort to help pass the union-bac...

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100 Days On Veterans: A Reason To Hope

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Veterans Affairs, Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, First 100 Days, Veterans Care, votevets.org, Obama First 100 Days, 100 Days, President Obama, Obama's First 100 Days, Votevets, Barack Obama, Veterans, Politics News

In all three areas of veteran care, while there's a ton to still do, there's been dramatic improvement in Obama's first 100 days.

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Military Training On Extremists Preying on Servicemembers

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Politics News, Afghanistan Veterans, Iraq Veterans, Vfw, Rush Limbaugh, Veterans of Foreign Wars, John Boehner, Janet Napolitano, President Obama, Votevets, American Legion, Barack Obama, Right-Wing Extremism, Veterans, Extremism, Politics News

I hate to break it to Republicans, and to the American Legion, but the military has been training servicemembers on the dangers of right wing extremist groups for years.

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Another Year In Iraq: Looking Back and Ahead

Jon Soltz | Posted 04.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War Anniversary, Iraq War, Department of Veterans Affairs, Iraq Veterans, Traumatic Brain Injury, President Obama, Votevets, Ptsd, Barack Obama, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Veterans, Tbi, Politics News

I was in Iraq at the start of the occupation, back in May, 2003. It's impossible to not look back and shake my head in disbelief. But I also look ahead and breathe a bit of a sigh of relief.

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Veteran Ad: McCain Let Me Down (VIDEO)

Talking Points Memo | Posted 11.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: John Mccain Vets, John McCain Veterans, Mccain Votevets Ads, McCain GI Bill, Mccain Vets, Votevets, Mccain Veterans, Politics News

VoteVets goes up, mostly in Virginia, with a new spot that quotes a young veteran lambasting McCain for skipping a vote on Jim Webb's G.I. bill. "Whe...

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Is the McCain-Palin Campaign Violating Operational Security?

Jon Soltz | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Opsec, John McCain, Iraq, Sarah Palin, Track Palin, Track Palin Iraq, Palin Iraq, Votevets, Track Palin Iraq Deployment, Operational Security, Politics News

If the McCain-Palin campaign has disclosed details about Track Palin's company's movements to gain press about it, they will have put many American lives in danger -- not the least of which would be Track's.

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Obama, McCain, and Our Veterans

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Many may not know that Obama's name was placed in nomination by a man who identified himself as "a life-long Republican and an Iraq war veteran." His name is Michael Wilson; he served as an Air Force medic.

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Our New Ad on Bob Schaffer's Shameful Record

Jon Soltz | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Ads, Iraq, Votevets, Aspect Energy, votevets.org, Colorado, Bob Schaffer, Politics News

As one of our veterans says in the ad, "I went to Iraq for my country. Bob Schaffer went to Iraq for a big oil company."

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Here's Your Maverick

Jon Soltz | Posted 08.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Timelines, Department of Veterans Affairs, John McCain, Veterans Affairs, Votevets, 2008 Election, Veterans, Nouri Al Maliki, McCain Iraq, Politics News

John McCain sure is a maverick, I'll give him that. In just a week, he's managed to alienate the Iraqi Prime Minister, the Iraqi people, the American people, and the veterans community.

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The Flip Flopper on Iraq? McCain

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Timelines, John McCain, John McCain 2008, Iraq, Votevets, Vets for Freedom, Barack Obama, Nouri Al Maliki, Politics News

The Iraqis are basically telling the US that they endorse Obama's policy -- they want us to set a timetable to bring the troops home. John McCain is ignoring them.

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McCain Flips At Legit Question

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vietnam, John McCain, ABC News, 2008 Presidential Race, General Wesley Clark, Wesley Clark, Wesley Clark McCain, Votevets, 2008 Election, Politics News

You would assume that given all the whining over General Clark's legitimate point, that John McCain had some obvious answer to the question.

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